Rex Tillerson – one of the main Western proponents of closer cooperation with Russia in the petroleum sector – has been nominated as Secretary of State for the USA. That may have considerable geopolitical ripple effects.

As an input to the EU’s work with their new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, NUPI and EUISS organized a roundtable session on energy security in Northern Europe and the Baltic region on February 11.

As an input to the EU’s work with their new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, NUPI and EUISS organized a roundtable session on energy security in Northern Europe and the Baltic region on February 11.

The conflict that is now unfolding on the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea is currently dominating the news, and the situation is very tense. But what is actually happening on the Crimean peninsula now?